Method of making a flanged bearing



ug- 10, 1965 G. R. LEFEVRE 3,199,173

METHOD OF MAKING A FLANGED BEARING Filed Oct. 29, 1962 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 7//////////////// 7:70a if? 6in/ff INVENTOR.

ff-Vm? Aug. i0, 1965 G, R. LEFEVRE 3,199,173

METHOD OF MAKING A FLANGED BEARING Filed Oct. 29, 1962 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Miei/QM United States Patent O 3,19%73 MAEUNG- .NGED IERENE c Iseievrc, Birmingham, lviich., assigner, by insane assignments, to Universal American Corporation, New Yori-r, N Y., a corporation ai Beiaware Filed @et 29, 1962-, Ser. No. 233,546 21 (Ei. Zum-1495 The present invention relates to a method of making a flanged bearing.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel method of making a flanged cylindrical sleeve or journal bearing which comprises forming an intermediate portion of a flat sheet into a cup shape having a cylindrical side wall, iiattening the sheet Surrounding the cup into a flange radial of said cup, and removing the bottom of said cup.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a method as described in the preceding paragraph in which the step of shaping the cup is performed by drawing.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a method as described in the immediately preceding paragraphs in which, following the formation of the cup, the llange surrounding the cup is flattened and shaped by a coining operation.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a method as described in the preceding paragraph in which the step of coining the radial iiange surrounding the cup includes the step of forming radial relief grooves and/ or thumbnail grooves therein.

It is a further obiect of the present invention to provide a method as described in the preceding paragraphs which includes the step of severing the ilanged cup into two substantially 180 halves.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a method as deiined in the preceding paragraph in which the half bearings produced by separating the flanged cup are dirnensioned as to parting line height by a coining operation in which the cylindrically formed journal portion of the bearing is supported between a recessed coining block and a pad, and coining pressure is applied to the axially extending edge surfaces of the journal portion of the bearing.

Other objects and features of the invention will become apparent as the description proceeds, especially when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, illustrating referred embodiments of the invention, wherein:

FIGURE 1 is an end view of a hanged bearing constructed in accordance with the present invention.

FIGURE 2 is a section on the line 2-2, FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 3 is a fragmentary plan View of strip material from which the flanged bearings are formed.

FIGURE 4A is a fragmentary section on the line @-4, FIGURE 3, showing one form or' flange-to-body undercut.

FIGURE 4B is a View similar to FIGURE 4A illustrating a somewhat dierent form of flange-to-body undercut.

FIGURE 5 is a plan view of a iianged cup as produced by a drawing and cutting operation performed on the strip material of FIGURE 3.

FIGURE 5A is an enlarged section on the line SA-SA, FIGURE 5.

FIGURE 6 is a sectional View on the line 6-6, FIG- URE S.

FIGURE 7 is a schematic view illustrating the apparatus used in performing the draw operation.

FIGURE 8 is a schematic view illustrating the apparatus employed in performing the edge coining operation.

FIGURE 9 is a simplified sectional view illustrating CIJ ICC

the combined journal and thrust bearings as employed in the prior art.

FIGURE 10 is a view similar to FIGURE 9 illustrating one mode of employing the segmental langed hearings of the present invention.

FIGURE 11 is a View similar to FIGURE 10 illustrating yet another mode of employing the flanged bearings of the present invention.

FIGURE 12 is a view similar to FIGURE 10 illustrating yet another mode of employing the iianged bearing of the present invention.

Referring rst to FIGURE 9 there is illustrated a combined journal and thrust bearing assembly as known to the prior art. In this iigure the bearing assembly comprises two segmental bearings itl and 12 each of which includes a cylindrical intermediate portion 14 and a radially extending iiange or thrust bearing portion 16.

In order that bearings of this type shall tit properly in the mounting structure indicated generally as comprising a recessed base 2li and removable cap 22, the dimensions between confronting surfaces of the iianges 16 must be maintain-ed with great accuracy and in practice, this dimension is determined by a GQ or NG-GO bar gauge and the dimension is frequently required to be held to .002".

Bearings of this type are conventionally made from strip stock which is formed into an elongated straight channel with the side walls thereof either parallel or diverging outwardly from the intermediate portion of the strip. Thereafter, the strip is bent into semi-cylindrical or partially cylindrical configuration. lf the flange portions at this time extend obliquely outwardly, they are thereafter shaped to extend radially of the cylindrically formed intermediate portion. A serious drawback and limitation to this method of producing flanged bearings is that the area of the flange is severely limited. It will be apparent that the formation of the channel strip into arcuate coniiguration results in tension being applied, concentrated at the outer edges of the flanges. If these llanges are of substantial size, the material splits, thins, or is subjected to liow under tension sufficient tocause cracking or damage to bearing material carried thereon.

In accordance with the present invention anged bearings of the type illustrated in FIGURES 1 and 2, indicated at 2li, are provided characterized in the capability of having flanges 26 of any useful size Without thinning or cracking or injury to bearing material 28 carried thereon. The particular method of producing these bearings is such that the metal of the radial liange portions Z6 thereof is actually under internal circumferential compression. The bearing shown in FIGURES 1 and 2 includes a semicylindrical sleeve or journal portion 30 provided with bearing material 32 bonded thereto.

The method of producing the bearing shown in FIG- URES l and 2 is illustrated in FIGURES 3-7. The material from which the bearing is made is preferably in the form of a strip 35 formed of suitable material such for example as steel provided with a coating of bearing material such for example as aluminum, copper-lead, or the like. Conveniently, this strip material is advanced through a progressive die set for performance of the required operations. Bearing material is removed from an annular zone 33 which occupies the junction between the cylindrical journal portion and the iiat thrust bearing portion designated 2o in FIGURE 2. As best seen in FIGURES 4A and 4B, the strip 36 provided with the bearing material here indicated as 42, has the zone 3S of FIGURE 3 somewhat differently formed. In FIG- URE 4A the zone is of generally V-shaped cross-section as indicated at 38a, while in the form of the invention illustrated in FIGURE 4B, the Zone has a generally U- shaped cross-section as indicated at SSII.

' sawing or shearing along the parting line The strip material is advanced in a step by step rela' tion through the progressive die. At a first station the strip is subjected to a punching and cutting operation to provide the material as illustrated Vin FIGURES. At this point substantiallyVV semi-circular cuts't-d are taken which are discontinuous at di-ametrically opposite pairs of holdon vpoints indicated at 46 and 48. These cuts provide for the generally radially inward movement of the material of the bearing liange as the cup portion is formed in a subsequent operation, while at the same time the material which is to .become the bearing is retained in proper location on the advancing strip. Referring now to FIGURE 7 there is more or less diagrammatically illustrated the draw station of the progressive die. At this station the press ibase 5@ includes a cylinder 52 in which the piston 54 is vertically movable. Secured to the base is a lower die shoe 56 carrying a die plug 5S. A draw pad 69 having a central opening re oeivlng the die plug 53 is mounted for vertical movement relative to the lower die shoe S5 and is adapted to be moved upwardly by draw pins 62 actuated by the piston S4.

Y The ram 64 carries an upper die shoe 6d and an annular die 68 shaped to cooperate with the die plug and the draw pad to form the partially severed material of the strip into the cup shape indicated at 7).

At `this time the cup 70 remains attached to the strip 35 by means of the hold-ons 46 and 43, and when separated from the die plug 53 may be advanced to the next station. l

' While FIGURES 3 and 5 indicate pairs of hold-ons 46 and 48 located 90 fromfeach other, it lwill be appreciated that if the strip 3e is only slightly wider than the routside diameter of the ange of the bearing, the hold-ons illustrated at 46 may be omitted and the mate.- rial at the edge of the strip will deform inwardly as the metal is drawn into cup formation.

lThe draw operation performed as indicated in PEG- URE 7, allows design of a bearing having a iiange portion 26 of any required size. The material which constitutes the radial flange of the finished bearing is initially provided in the plane which it ultimately occupies so that it is not subjected to the circumferentially acting tensilel stresses inherent in the prior production method which involves bending the channel-shaped structure into arcuate configuration. On the contrary, the drawing of the cup centrally of the partially struck out portion of the strip actually draws the metal of the iiange portion thereof toward the cup with va resultant establishment or" circumferentially acting compressive stresses. Accordingly, thinning, edge tearing, cracking, orV other damage to the bearing material is avoided.

A Following the draw operation the strip with the partially severed cupped bearing portion is advanced to the next station where the radial an'ge ofthe bearing portion is struck in a coining press. V".Fhisoperation is suggested in FIGURES 5 and 6 where parting line relief grooves 72 are coined into the thrust bearing surface of the flange portion. In addition, other formations may be provided such as oil grooves, thumbnail grooves 74, which may include Michell groove '75, and the like. v This operation of course also flattens and dimensions the flange portion of the bearing. At the same or at additional stations the bottom of the cup is blanked out and the flange O.D. is preferably trimmed to finished size.

Thereafter, the hanged cup is severed as for example by loc-ated centrally of the relief groove 72.

In the production of bearings of this type it is necessary that the bearing be formed to extend somewhat over 180 to allow for finish facing of the parting line edge and to allow additional height, referredV to as crush height so that when the two half-bearings are assembled, the vertical bore diameter shall be slightlyV greater than the horizontal bore diameter. The amount by which Yzontal bore diameter since the materialV at theV parting line edges of the bearing shall yield. `This crush is what keeps the bearing from moving. Y f Y It will be appreciated that if the cup portion of the bearing in accordance with the present invention, were drawn to exact circular cross-section, and if the flanged cup were then cut into two by a sawing operation, each of the two halves of the journal portion of the bearing would occupy slightly less than 180".V avoided by employing one or both of the following procedures. Y

In `the first place, the cup may initially be drawn so as to be of generally oval cross-section. Specifically, the cross-sectional shape should consist of two full 180 end portions interconnected by straight sided portions having a length slightly greater than the width of a saw cut if the bearing is separated into two parts by sawing. Ifrthe bearing is separated into two parts by a shearing operation, the length of the straight sided Wall portions connecting the semi-cylindrical end portions may be lcorrthe bearing halves after assembly are preferably coined Y in an operation illustrated in FIGURE 8. In this figure a coining block Sti is provided having a semi-cylindrical recess 82 adapted to receivethe semi-cylindrical journal u bearing portion 3i) of the semiacylindrical flanged bearing.V The upper coining block 86 havinga substantially semi-cylindrical pad S6 is moved downwardly on a ram and is provided with coining shoulders 8S engageable with the axially extending parting edges 9d of the journal portion 30 of the bearing 2d. By appropriate dimensioning of the coining apparatus, the bearing may be upset so as to produce anV exactly sized bearingv having the requisite crush height in excess of the normal 180 angular extent.

it will of course be apparent that the parting line relief groove 72 prevents one edge of the thrust bearing portion from projecting outwardly beyond the adjacent y edge of the companion bearing Vportion when the two are assembled together with the thrust iianged bearing portions facing in the same dir ction.

In some cases it may be necessary or desirable to draw the cup in a plurality of draw steps, which of course `may be accomplished conveniently by providing a series of progressive stations. In any case, the iinal draw of the cup may produceV the final size, finish and squareness of the journal bearing portion and further, results in effective burnishing of the outside surface of the cup.

While `the most eicient large scale production of flanged bearingsis accomplished as described heretofore from strip material (in a progressive die, it will of course be apparent thatthe essential Voperation may be performed lon separate precut pieces of flat stock. Y

Finally,.the bearings are completed as usual by circle grooving, punching, oil grooves, breaching, etc.

Referring now to FIGURES 10 and 1l there are shown two alternative manners of employing the finished bearings.

In the first place, Vit may be mentioned that a limitation previously imposed on bearing design wasduerto the inability to produce the thrustb'earing of adequate size. In the prior art, as illustrated in FIGURE 9, it was necessaryto employ two mating bearing halves so that the total area of the iianges 16 provided adequate bearing area. In accordance with the present invention This undesirable situation can be anuales Elli' the radial ange of the bearing may he of any required dimension and hence, it is found that thrust may be adequately opposed by the area of a single bearing half. ri`hus, in FEGURE l() the bearings 24 are assembled with the flange portions Zd thereof facing in opposite directions` This is of particular advantage over the prior art arrangement illustrated in FlGURE. 9, which requires maintenance of highly accurate spacing between the confronting surfaces of the flanges at opposite ends of each bearing half. With the present construction, since each bearing is provided with a thrust bearing at only one end thereof, this problem does not arise.

The arrangement in FIGURE 10 is of course effective to provide a shaft bearing by the coaction of the cylindrical portions 36 as Well as the two opposed thrust bearings provided by the flange portions Z6.

Alternatively, if thrust is present in a single direction, the bearings 2d may be assembled as illustrated in FIG- URE l1 where the ange portions 26 thereof face in the same direction. in this case, severance of the flanged cupped product along the parting line groove, as previously described, prevents edge interference with the surface engaging the thrust bearing formed by the two flanges 26.

Finally, the bearing assembly may be provided as illustrated in FIGURE i2 in which the flanged upper half shell 24 is provided with the iiange portion 25 on the main thrust side only. The lower half-hearing is untlanged.

The production of bearings in accordance with the present invention has many advantages over the prior art.

In the rst place, only one press setup is required, and two anged bearings are formed for each strolte of the press. In this connection one master die is employed which produces a large variety of sizes by changing die and punch inserts. This of course reduces tool costs for Banged bearings.

A most important advantage of the present invention results in the nature of the stresses applied to the material. Since the birnetal material (bearing coated backing metal) is subject to compressive stresses, at least near the outside of the ilange portion, scrap is eliminated since cracking of the bearing and/or other damage to the bearing material is not a problem.

Flange height or usable thrust area can be greatly increased since the bearing design is not limited by the requirement of staying within the elongation limits of steel backing in the production of the angc.

A further important advantage is in the elimination of the requirement of maintaining a critical bearing gauge size between confronting iiange surfaces at opposite ends of the bearing as is now required. With the present invention, as described above, this is avoided since each bearinU element is provided with a radial flange portion at only one end thereof.

Manufacture in accordance with the present invention permits the economical formation of thrust surface grooves such as thumbnail or other `grooves, which may be coined in the thrust surface, thus eliminating separate machining operations now employed.

A further advantage of the present invention is that ange thickness can be held accurately, thus eliminating a iinish face operation.

In addition, in practicing the present invention one design setup may produce various sizes of bearings Within reasonable limits by using the basic part in different size coin blocks of the type disclosed in FIGURE 8.

Carrying out the invention as described herein in a progressive die permits forming the outside diameter of the flange and any desired charnfer thereon to the required size in a single operation, thus further eliminating subsequent machine operation.

Production of prior art bearings of the type illustrated d in FIGURE 9 requires the machining of angular reliefs on the flange ends. This is of course eliminated for most usage by the present invention, since in the bearing assembly a single thrust ilange is provided at each end of the bearing assembly.

Flange face relief is coined on the thrust face on the parting line, thus eliminating a further usual subsequent machine operation. The fiange-to-body undercut is preferably coined or Otherwise machined on the strip in the dat, as illustrated in FGURES 4A and 4B.

it may be further noted that while the present bearing assembly as illustrated in FIGURE 10, provides only a half thrust bearing at each side of the assembly, this often was the practical result of the prior art assembly illustrated in FIGURE 9. Thus, where one bearing frange was somewhat thicker than the other, it assumed the entire thrust load. In any case, it has been found that the provision of a generally 186 segmental thrust bearing of adequate size, in accordance with the present invention, is fully equivalent to the use of a 360 thrust bearing of commensurate size. Furthermore, with the present invention it is possible to provide more area in a 180 segmental thrust bearinCr than was possible in the complete 360" thrust bearing of the prior art, if this is required.

While it has been pointed out that practice of the invention as described in the foregoing using a progressive die may be carried out so as to eliminate many machine operations, in its broader aspect the invention involves essentially the steps of drawing a generally cylindrical cup shape intermediate the edges of a flat blank, and removing the bottom of the cup. Where the bearing is to be employed in the form of half bearing portions, the flanged tubular construction resulting from the foregoing is severed by sawing on a diametral plane.

The drawings and the foregoing specification constitute a description of the improved hanged bearing and the method of making the same, in such full, clear, concise and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to practice the invention, the scope of which is indicated by the appended claims.

W hat l claim as my invention is:

l. The method of making a flanged bearing comprising the steps of providing a bonded layer of soft bearing metal on dat stock of a ferrous metal, drawing a cup having a Cylindrical side wall from an intermediate area of the flat stock, leaving a dat radial flange surrounding said cup, and removing the bottom ofthe cup,

2. The method of making a flanged bearing comprising the steps of providing a bonded layer of soft bearing metal on flat stock of a ferrous metal, substantially severing a circular area from the flat stock to provide for radial inward movement of peripheral portions thereof, drawing a cup having a cylindrical side wall from the central portion of said Circular area, maintaining the peripheral portions of said circular area in their original plane, and removing the bottom of the cup.

3. The method of making hanged bearings from tlat stock of ferrous metal having a layer of bearing metal bonded to one side thereof which comprises forming two radially spaced concentric circular cuts in the stock, each of said Cuts being discontinuous at Zones of limited angular extent located diametricaliy opposite each other, the said zones of one cut being separated circumferentially from the zones of the other cut, drawing a cup having a cylindrical side wall in the Central portion of the circular area within the inner one of said circular cuts while retaining the peripheral portion of said circular area as a radial ange on said cup, and removing the bottom of the cup.

4l. The method of making flanged bearings from flat stock of ferrous metal having a layer of bearing metal bonded to one side thereof which comprises forming two radially spaced concentric circular cuts in the stock, each of said cuts being discontinuous at zones of limited angular eXtent located diametrically opposite each other, the

- said zones of one cut being separated` circumferentially from the zones of the other cut, drawing a cup having a cylindrical side wall in the central portion of the circular area within the inner one of said circular cuts while retaining the peripheral portion of said circular area as a radial hange on said cup, removing the bottom of the cup, and severing the flange cup into halves along a plane containing the axis thereof.

5. The method of making flanged bearings from hat stock of ferrous metal having a layer of bearing metal bonded to one side thereof which comprises forming two radially spaced concentric circular cuts in the stock, each of said cutsY being discontinuous at zones of limited angular extent located diametrically opposite each other,

the said zones of one cut being separated circumferentially from the zones of the other cut, drawing a cup having a cylindrical side Wall in the central portion of the circular area within the inner one of said circular cuts while retaining the peripheral portion of said circular area as a radial flange on said cup, coining aligned harige face relief grooves in the surface of said harige facing outwardly of said cup extending along a diameter thereof, removing the bottom of the cup, and severing the hanged body along a diametral plane coincident with said relief grooves.

6. The method of making hanged bearings from hat stock of ferrous metal having a layer of bearing metal bonded to one side thereof which comprises forming two radially spaced concentric circular cuts in the stock, each of said cuts being discontinuous at zones of limited angular extent located diametrically opposite each other, the said zones of one cut being separated circumferentially from the zones of the other cut, drawing a cup having a cylindrical side wall in the central portion of the circular area within the inner one of said circular cuts while rctaining the peripheral portion of said circular area as a radial hange on said cup, coining aligned hangs face relief grooves in the surface of said flange facing outwardly of said cup extending along a diameter thereof, removing the bottom of the cup, severing the hanged body along a diametral plane coincident with said relief grooves, and coining the side Vedges of the semi-cylindrical wall formed by severing the hanged body to produce the required parting line height.

7. The method of making flanged bearings from hat stock of ferrous metal having a layer of bearing metal bonded to one side thereof which comprises forming two radially spaced concentric circular cuts in the stock, each of said cuts being discontinuous at zones of limited angular extent located diametrically opposite each other, the said zones of one cut beingv separated circumferentially from the zones of the other cut, drawing a cup having a cylindrical side wall in the central portion of the circular area within the inner one of said circular cuts while retaining the peripheral portion of said circular area as a radial harige on said cup, coining'aligned harige face relief grooves in the surface of said harige facing outwardly of said cup extending along a diameter thereof, removing the bottom of the cup, severing the hanged body along a diametral plane coincident with said relief grooves, and coining the side edges of the semi-cylindrical wall formed by severing the hanged body by supporting the semi-cylindrical portion of said body between concave and convex cylindrical blocks while striking the said side edges to produce the required parting line height.

' 8. The method of making hanged bearings which comprises advancing a bimetal strip Vcomprising a strip of ferrous metal having a layer of bearing metal bonded to one side thereof through a progressive die, at a hrst station partially severing a substantially circular area from said strip to provide for radial inward movement ofthe peripheral portions of said circular area, at a later station drawing the central portion of said circular area into a cup having a cylindrical side wall and simultaneously pulling peripheral portions of said area radially inward t d develop circumferential internal compression, and at a later station blanking out the bottom of said cup.

9. The method of making flanged bearings which comprises advancing a bimetal strip comprising a strip of ferrous metal having a layer of bearing metal bonded to one side thereof through a progressive die, at a hrst station partially severing a substantially circular area from said strip to provide for radial inward movement of the peripheral portions of said circular area, at a later station drawing the central portion of said circular arca into a cup having a cylindrical side wall and simultaneously pulling peripheral portions of said area radially inward to develop circumferential internal compression, at a later station blanking out the bottom of said cup, and finally severing the body on a diametral plane.

lll. The method of making a bearing having a semicylindrical sleeve and a hat radial flange at one end only thereof which comprises advancing continuous bimetal strip comprising a strip of ferrous metal having a layer of bearing metal bonded to one side thereof through a progressive die, partially severing a circular area from said strip at a first station, advancing the circular area to a second station and there drawing a cup from the central portion of said circular area and drawing peripheral portions of said area radially inwardly in the plane of said strip to dehne a radial hange on said cup, advancing the hanged cup to a third station and there blanking the bottom wall from the cup.

il. The method of making a bearing having a semicylindrical sleeve and a hat radial harige at one end only thereof which comprises advancing continuous bimetal strip comprising a strip of ferrous metal having a layer of bearing metal bonded to one side thereof through a progressive die, partially severing a circular area from said strip at a first station, advancing the circular area to a second station and there drawing a cup from the central portion of said circular area'and drawing peripheral portions of said area radially inwardly in the plane of said strip to define a radial flange on said cup, advancing the hanged cup to a third station and there blanking the bottom wall from the cup, and coining a diametrical parting line groove in said harige.

l2. The method of making a bearing having a semicylindrical sleeve and a hat radial flange at one end only thereof which comprises advancing continuous bimetal strip comprising a strip of ferrous metal having a layer of bearing metal bonded to one side thereof through a progressive die, partially severing a circular area from said strip at a hrst station, advancing the circular area to a second station and there drawing a cup from the central portion of said circular area and drawing peripheral portions of said area radially inwardly in the plane of said strip to define a radial flange on said cup, advancing the hanged cup to a third station and there blanking the bottom wall from the cup, trimming the peripheral edge of said flange to required size and severing the hanged cup from said strip, and coining a diametrical parting line groove in said harige.

13. The method of making a bearing having a semicylindrical sleeve and a hat radial hange at one end only thereof which comprises advancing continuous bimetal strip comprising a strip of ferrous metal having a layer of bearing metal bonded to one side thereof through a progressive die, partially severing a circular Varea from said strip at a first station, advancing the circular area to a second station and there drawing a cup from the central portion of said circular area and drawing peripheral K along a diametral plane coincident with said parting line groove.

1d. The method of raak ig a bearing having a semicylindrical sleeve and a flat radial ilange at one end only thereof which comprises providing a continuous birnetal strip having bearing material at one side thereof, iorrning a series of annular tiange-to-'oody undercuts at the bearing side of said strip, advancing the strip in ste-p by step relation through a progressive die, at a iirst station in said die partially severing a circular area concentric with said annular undercut and of substantially greater size to provide for substantially unrestricted radial inward movement of peripheral portions of said circular area, advancing said strip to locate said partially severed circular area at a second station and there drawing the metal Within said undercut into a cup having a cylindrical side wall while leaving the portion of said strip between said circular undercut and the periphery of said circular area as a dat radial flange on said cup, advancing said strip to position said flanged cup at a further station and there blanking the bottom wall from said cup.

15. The method or" making a bearing having a sernicylindrical sleeve and a itat radial ilange at one end only thereof which comprises providing a Continuous binretal strip having bearing material at one side there-oi, forming a series of annular ange-to-body undercuts at the bearing side of said strip, advancing the strip in step by step relation through a progressive die, at a first station in said die partially severing a circular area concentric with said annular undercut and of substantially greater size to provide for substantially unrestricted radial inward movement of peripheral portions of said circular area, advancing said strip to locate said partially severed circular area at a second station and there drawing the metal within said undercut into a cup having a cylindrical side wall while leaving the portion of said strip between said circular undercut and the periphery of said circular area as a iat radial flange on said cup, advancing said strip to position said hanged cup at a further station and there bianking the bottom wall from said cup, and severing said flange from said strip.

16. The method of making a bearing having a Sernicylindrical sleeve and a flat radial flange at one end only thereof which comprises providing a continuous birnetal strip having bearing material at one side thereof, orrning a series of annular tlange-to-body undercuts at the bearing side of said strip, advancing the strip in step by step relation through a progressive die, at `a rst station in said die partially severing a circular area concentric with said annular undercut and of substantially greater size to provide for substantially unrestricted radial inward movement of peripheral portions of said circular area, advancing said strip to locate said partially severed circular area at a second station and there drawing the metal Within said undercut into a cup having a cylindrical side wall while leaving the portion of said strip between said circular undercut and the periphery of said circular area as a fiat radial ange on said cup, advancing said strip to position said ilanged cup at a further station and there blanking the bottom wall from said cup, coining a diametral parting line groove on said flange, severing said flange Cil il@ from said strip, and nally separating said flanged body into halves along a dianietral plane coincident with said parting line groove.

The method of making flanged bearings which coniprises drawing a generally cylindrical cup from an intermediate area of dat stock, leaving a flat radial frange surrounding said cup, and removing the bottom of said cup.

ll. The method of making anged bearings which comprises drawing a generally cylindrical cup from an intermediate area of dat stock of ferrous metal having a layer oi bearing metal bonded to one side thereof, leaving a dat radial liange surrounding said cup, removing the bottorn of said cup, and severing the resulting flanged tubular inernber on a diametral plane.

19. The method of making flanged bearings which comprises draw 1g a generally cylindrical cup from an intermediate area et dat stock of ferrous metal having a layer of bearing metal bonded to one side thereof, leaving a flat radial ilange surrounding said cup, removing the bottorn of said cup, severing the resulting llanged tubular i lernber on a diainetrical plane to form bearings having an angular extent of less than 189, and coining the bearings in a coining die by the application of coining pressure to the edges of the cylindrically formed portion to reduce the diameter thereof and to form the cylindrical formed portion to a full 180 extent.

Ztl. The method of making flanged bearings which coinprises drawing a generally cylindrical cup from an intermediate area of dat bimetal stock having bearing metal of the side thereof forming the interior of said cup, leaving a iiat radial iiange surrounding said cup, coining aligned flange face relief grooves in the bearing metal surface of said iiange facing outwardly of said cup, removing the bottoni of said cup, and severing the resulting flanged tubular member on a diametral plane coincident with said relief grooves.

21. The method of making ilanged bearings which comprises drawing a generally cylindrical cup from an intermediate area of flat stock of ferrous metal having a layer of bearing metal bonded to one side thereof, the cup having a slightly elongated cross-section, leaving a flat radial iiange surrounding said cup, removing the bottom of said cup, and severing the resulting anged tubular member on the minor diarneter of its transversely elongated cup portion to form segmental cylindrical portions having angular extents of a full 180.

References Cited by the Examiner UNHED STATES PATENTS 7,385 5/50 Schile 308l35 1,228,352 5/17 Swenson 29-148-4 1,387,638 8/21 Bingham AZ9- 148.4 1,630,715 5/27 Nice 29-149-5 1,848,569 3/32 Leggett SGS-135 2,403,645 7/46 Etchells 29-149-5 2,915,908 12/59 Warnliey 29--539 WHITMORE A. WILTZ, Primary Examiner.

THOMAS H. EAGER, Examiner. 

1. THE METHOD OF MAKING A FLANGED BEARING COMPRISING THE STEPS OF PROVIDING A BONDED LAYER OF SOFT BEARING METAL ON FLAT STOCK OF A FERROUS METAL, DRAWING A CUP HAVING A CYLINDRICAL SIDE WALL FROM AN INTERMEDIATE AREA OF THE FLAT STOCK, LEAVING A FLAT RADIAL FLANAGE SURROUNDING SAID CUP AND REMOVING THE BOTTOM OF THE CUP. 